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can't be beaten. I don't care who you compare them with. You can ask them to do anything at any time & they will do it in the most determined & sturdy fashion. They do now show any reckless light spirits only a complete disregard of difficulties natural or artificial. When there is hard work in hand not a word is heard of grumbling or complaining. All they ask is to be told all about it so they can understand just what they have to do & what it means.

BC Archives, MS-0055 Box 15 File 2 / CREASE FAMILY / Letters from Arthur Douglas Crease to his brother, Lindley Crease, 1917.